Glossary

This page contains a list of common terms and abbreviations on Wolvden, sorted by category. Have a term you think should be added to this page? Let us know!

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Acronyms
Gameplay and Wolves
Items
Currency and Trading
Community
Other
Phrases
Gameplay and Wolves
Items
Currency and Trading
Community
Other

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Acronyms

Acronyms

Acronyms are used very frequently on Wolvden, especially with there being limited character restrictions in chat, titles, and names!

Gameplay and Wolves

Acronyms Gameplay and Wolves

AGI: Agility stat

AMP: Adult Mutation Present, referring to pups and adolescents who have a mutation only visible in adulthood.

BO: Breed Only, a term referring to a genetic attribute that can only be obtained through breeding. It cannot be obtained through applicators, NBWs, or any other means.

CD: Cooldown

CF: Coniferous Forest biome

DF: Deciduous Forest biome

DU: Double Uterus mutation

ELF: Extremely Low Fertility

EXP: Experience, the value required for a wolf to level up.

FAPA: Feed All Play All, a subscription service purchased from the Grove.

G#: i.e. G1, G5, etc. The generation of the wolf. This represents how long their lineage is. For example, a G3 wolf only has parents and grandparents, two generations of wolves before them, making them the third generation.

IB: Inbred

NBW: Newly Befriended Wolf. A wolf that you befriend while exploring.

NIB: Not inbred

SMR: Smarts stat

SPD: Speed stat

STR: Strength stat

RF: Rainforest biome

RNG: Random Number Generator, representing how most of Wolvden's mechanics are based on random chance.

RO: Rollover

RW: Riparian Woodland biome

T1/T2/T3/T*: Alternatively, TI/TII/TIII. The tier of base or marking that a wolf has. These are visible under the Looks and Markings sections of their page.

VLF: Very Low Fertility

WIS: Wisdom stat

#M: i.e. 10m, 5m. Representing the amount of markings a wolf has. 5m means that the wolf has 5 markings.

Items

Acronyms Items

BG: Background

CD: Custom Decor

IBF: Instant Birth Feather, another term used to refer to the Instant Pup Delivery item.

IPD: Instant Pup Delivery, an item available in the Grove.

MoD/MOD: Mutie on Demand applicator

RMA: Random Marking Applicator, an item received from rolling over 28 days in a row or by purchasing it in the Grove. Applies a random marking to your wolf in a chosen slot.

Currency and Trading

Acronyms Currency and Trading

AB: "Autobuy", in reference to sales, common in auctions. Allows the buyer to instantly purchase the asset without bidding.

CB: In reference to auctions, the Current Bid (current highest bid) on the asset.

CS: Cryptid Scales, the currency of August's Cataclysms event.

FS: For sale

GA: Giveaway

GC: Gold Cones, Wolvden's premium currency.

GP: Glow Petals, the currency of April's Springtide Howl Fayre event.

ISO: In search of

LB: Lovebugs, the currency of February's The Matchmaker event. Could also refer to the Leaderboards.

LE: Lunar Essence, a mechanic of the monthly Lunar Event.

LF: "Looking For", in reference to a trade. What the seller is looking for in exchange for what they are selling.

LT: Lunar Tears, a currency of the monthly Lunar Event.

LTB: "Looking to Buy", in reference to a trade. What the buyer is looking for.

LV/LVL: Level

ME: Mysterious Effigies, the currency of October's Halloween Spectacle event.

MI: In reference to auctions, Minimum Increment. The minimum amount of currency the buyer must add on to the previous bid.

SB: In reference to auctions, the lowest amount of currency someone needs to start the auction.

SC: Silver Cones, Wolvden's basic currency.

SQ: Smoky Quartz, the currency of November's Coigreach event.

WTA: Winner-takes-all, a type of raffle

Community

Acronyms Community

CS: Character sheet, in roleplaying. The post containing all of a roleplay character's information.

DM: Direct message, a message sent to another player's inbox

DNC: Do not chase

DNR: Do not reply/respond

FC: First claim, referring to the first person to press the Claim button on a Giveaways chat message.

GH: Grouse House

IC: In-character, in roleplaying. When the player is posting as their character.

OOC: Out-of-character, in roleplaying. When the player is posting as themselves, not as their roleplay character.

PM: Private message, a message sent to another player's inbox

RNC/R&C/RC: Raise-and-Chase, a community movement involving raising wolves to adulthood and then chasing them, in hopes that another player will find them later as a chased wolf.

RP: Roleplay

ToT: Trick-or-Treat

YCH/YWH: In reference to art sales, "Your Character Here" or "Your Wolf Here". A type of art commission in which the artist uses a single base and recolors it to match your character.

Other

Acronyms Other

CSS: Cascading Style Sheets, the coding that some players use to change the colors or layout of their Den and Profile pages.

EA: Early Access, when the game released for early access in September 2020.

HTML: The coding language used to write in the forums and on your Den or Profile page.

IRL: In real life

PA: Public Access, when the game released for everybody in October 2020.

WIP: Work in Progress

Phrases

Phrases

Wolvden slang can be quite the challenge to get used to! Some words might have completely different meanings on Wolvden than what you would expect!

Gameplay and Wolves

Phrases Gameplay and Wolves

Adol: Adolescent

Brachy: Refers to Brachycephaly, a lethal mutation.

Chased/Chased Wolf: A New Befriended Wolf that was chased from a player's pack and then found in explore by another player.

Clean: The wolf is not inbred by the player's definition. There is not an official definition for this as it's purely based on player preference.

Colorbomb: A wolf with multiple very brightly-colored traits.

Deer: A wolf with a Whitetail Spots marking.

Dirty: The wolf is inbred by the player's definition. This could mean that they has the same wolf multiple times in their lineage, or just in the first page of their lineage, or another definition according to the player.

Fert: Fertility

Frozen: Referring to a wolf that has been frozen in time. This could be because they have been immortalized using a Jellyfish. It could also be because the wolf is on an account that does not rollover.

Gen: Generation

Heir: The wolf that someone intends to use as their next lead wolf or breeding male.

Hetero, W/B, B/W, B/B, Het: Referring to the Hetero eye colors. Hetero Black/White, Hetero White/Black, Hetero Blue/Brown, and Hetero Brown/Blue.

Iri: The Iridium base, or sometimes markings

Kara: The Piebald: Karakachan mutation.

Lethal: A lethal pup mutation, a mutation which kills the pup before it reaches adolescence.

Marks: Markings

Meg: The Megalodon base

Mela: Refers to the Melanism mutation.

Mono: Monochrome

Mut/Mutie/Mute: Mutation

Patches: A Patches mutation

Pie: A Piebald mutation

Poly: Either Polycephaly or Polymelia in the context of lethal mutations.

Potato: A very plain and low value pup.

Pug: A wolf with the Brachycephaly mutation.

Rechased: Refers to a plain NBW that has been chased and then found again by another player.

Spider/Spider Pup: Refers to a pup with Polymelia.

Yearling: A wolf that has recently turned one year old.

Items

Phrases Items

Apps: Applicators

Balls: Wolf Scrotum, a breeding item

Jelly: Jellyfish, an item which can make your wolf immortal

Currency and Trading

Phrases Currency and Trading

Fodder: A wolf generally undesirable by the player's definitions, usually being sold for cheap.

Lowball: An offer made on a trade that is worth much less than the actual trade. For example, offering a single carcass for a very rare mutation.

Reverse Breeding/Reverse Studding: The selling of a female wolf's heat -- the buyer usually gets to choose who the female is bred to, and then keeps all the pups from the resulting litter.

Stud Racing: Definition varies by player. Some use it to refer to sending multiple stud requests out at once for the same female, a practice which is no longer possible. Others use it to describe trying to breed your own female at the same time as you have a stud request out for her. It could also refer to removing a stud request quickly, such as within a few minutes of sending.

Traditional Breeding: Instead of sending a normal stud request, the buyer sends their female to the stud's pack and the stud's owner breeds them, then sends them back.

Community

Phrases Community

The Bear: Usually refers to the Enclave, where you can adopt pups or leave pups you've bred.

Freezer: An account that does not rollover, and therefore holds other players' wolves temporarily so that the wolves will not age.

Hard Mode: Player-defined playstyles designed to make the game more difficult, such as by disallowing outside breeding, requiring low-gen wolves, or banning purchasing food. Each player participating typically determines their own rules.

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